Brunei 1992 25 dollars KM-50
This set was lot 1313 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRUNEI: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, 1967-, AR proof set, 1992, 7-piece silver proof set for the 25th Anniversary of the Brunei Currency Board, no box, mintage of only 2,000 sets, Choice Proof, S, ex Wolfgang Schuster Collection." Crude oil and natural gas account for 90% of the GDP of Brunei, allowing the sultan and his family and cronies to maintain a suitably lavish lifestyle. This set was also struck in gold. Other commemoratives of 1992 marked the 25th anniversary of Hassanal's reign (KM 39) and the regular circulation coins (KM 20).
Recorded mintage: 2,000 proofs.
Specification: 25 dollars: 31.10 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.7 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-PS12 (set); KM 50 (25 dollars), KM 47 (dollar), KM 46 (50 sen), KM 45 (20 sen), KM 44 (10 sen), KM 43 (5 sen), KM 42 (1 sen).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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